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The Experience API (xAPI, often referred to as “Tin Can API”) has a presence in IEEE as a Study Group sponsored by yours truly within the Learning Technologies Standards Committee. Which means, basically, that the group in IEEE that shepherds standards around learning technologies (Learning Object Metadata, as an example) is gearing up to make xAPI a standard. This page will keep you updated on the activity for the IEEE xAPI Study Group.

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There’s a statement about the possibility of breaking up the Experience API specification into multiple standards to accommodate a number of challenges to standardizing the specification as it exists. Blog | Medium